Head of Sustainability

**DIRECT APPLICANTS ONLY**

**Why Ceres**:
Ceres is a leading developer of clean energy technology, electrolysis for the creation of green hydrogen and fuel cells for power generation. Its licensing model has seen it establish partnerships with some of the world's largest companies, such Bosch, Doosan, Shell and Weichai. Our ultimate purpose is to help sustain a clean, green planet by ensuring there is clean energy everywhere in the world. Sustainability is at the heart of our business, as integral to how we work as it is to our technologies.

Ceres' solid oxide platform technology supports greater electrification of our energy systems and produces green hydrogen at high-efficiencies as a route to decarbonise emissions-intensive industries such as steelmaking, cement, and future fuels. Ceres is listed on the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") (LSE: CWR) and is classified by the LSE Green Economy Mark, which recognises listed companies that derive more than 50% of their activity from the green economy.

Ceres is an inspiring place to work, and our people care deeply about our purpose, our technology, our partners, and each other. We offer employees the opportunity to collaborate creatively to solve complex problems and challenges, to experiment and innovate and push the boundaries of our technology, within a supportive culture and work environment that allows them to learn, grow, achieve great things and be the very best version of themselves.

**Purpose of the role**:
As Head of Sustainability, your role will be to shape and execute our sustainability strategy and provide strategic and technical guidance on sustainability projects and initiatives both in the UK and globally. In this role, you will engage, educate, influence, build partnerships with colleagues and suppliers, and work with external organizations to advance our sustainability frameworks, helping Ceres to achieve its purpose of enabling the world's most progressive companies to decarbonise at scale and pace.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Be at the forefront of our corporate strategy, reporting to the Supply Chain Director and Management Board, influencing internal behaviours and decision making and maintaining our reputation as a sustainability leader
- Manage the development and standardisation of our approach to CO2e measurement, with our selected technology solution to:

- Collate, analyse, record, and maintain our GHG emissions inventory (particularly Scope 3 emissions), whilst supporting our corporate SECR verified reporting
- Measure and record the results of supply chain abatement initiatives, and regularly report on observations and findings, making recommendation for further improvement
- Work with our selected technology partners to build and evaluate sustainability data repositories, reporting on observations and findings
- Drive the decarbonisation pathway in alignment with Science Based Targets. Contribute to our SBTi aligned strategy to achieve Net Zero by:

- Investigating and understanding decarbonisation best practise, technologies, and innovations; and
- Directing the work internally and with our suppliers to align our decarbonisation and abatement roadmaps, whilst assessing and promoting opportunities to deliver meaningful change at scale
- Support (or lead) the development and implementation of initiatives and interventions to reduce energy, water, and waste footprints, life cycle management, end of life and recycling, in line with business strategies
- Ensure supplier identification, on-boarding and monitoring processes incorporate relevant sustainability criteria, including ongoing compliance with the ten principles of the UN Global Compact, ISO20400 and relevant environmental, modern slavery, anti-bribery & corruption legislation
- Design and deliver process enhancements and ongoing education to ensure sustainability considerations are embedded in our processes including tools, workflows, and reporting
- Monitor identified and emerging risks, using self-initiative & teamwork to undertake research and interpretation to identify ways to mitigate and manage these

**Communication and engagement**:

- Work with other internal parties to support ESG initiatives and corporate goals:

- Environmental Management Group (and maintenance of our ISO14001 certification), Energy Management Group (and maintenance of our ISO50001 certification) and Net Zero Working Group,
- Preparation of our annual Sustainability Report (inc. SASB & TCFD reporting and materiality matrix)
- Undertaking of annual risk assessments (notably high-risk minerals & modern slavery)
- Work collaboratively with the supply chain team, business stakeholders and suppliers to deliver our sustainability agenda, ensuring suppliers and colleagues have the data, insights and tools needed to effectively communicate and progress sustainability initiatives to meet goals and targets
- Foster a culture of creativity, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Lead internal commun